Paper-currency wrapper.



T. P. MARTIN, Jn. PAPER CURRENCY WRAPPER. APPLlcMloN man 00123. 191s.

1,270,642. Patented Juno 25, 1918.

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PAPER-CURRENCY WRAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 25, 1918.

Application led October 23, 1916. Serial No. 127,143.

y To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS P. MARTIN, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have made an Improvement in Paper-Currency Wrappers, of which the following is a speciication.

My present invention is an improvement upon that for which I have received Letters Patent of the United States, No. 1,162,501, dated November 30, 1915.

The chief object effected by the improvement is the production of a much stronger and more durable wrapper that may be folded to provide receptacles of different capacities of which the larger would be of substantially twice the cubical capacity Yof the smaller to contain larger and smaller packages of currency, Government notes and national bank bills.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation of parts comprising the wrapperl are as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in WlliCll 1*.-

\ Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wrapper partlyfolded to accommodate or inclose a relatively large package of paper currency.

Fig. 2 (Sheet 2) is a perspective view of the wrapper partly folded to accommodate a relatively small package of currency.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the wrapper blank.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of the wrapper when completely folded to form the longer sides of an inclosure, a reinforce of cloth or paper being also illustrated in the same view.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the wrapper when completely folded to form an inclosure of a relatively small size.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. f

The wrapper blank, which is shown in Fig. 3 as substantially rectangular in outline, is cut from a stiftl sheet of paste-board, and this may be reinforced with cloth or paper, as represented in sectional view, Fig. 4.

The blank is cut and scored to provide a center or base 3, which preferably is of substantially the area of a Government note or a national bank bill. Side pieces A project from the longer sides of the center or base, such side pieces being scored to fold at their juncture with the 'been and being also scored along the line a, 1, 2, and b, such score lines being parallel with the juncture score line, the distance between any two score lines in either side piece being substantially equal to one half the width of the center or base. End pieces C project from the ends or shorter sides of the base, such end pieces being scored at their juncture with the base and also on two lines al and 0l parallel with the juncture score lines, the distance between the juncture score line and the score d and d being also substantially equal to one half the width of the center or base. Lateral wings D project from the sides of the end pieces C, the wings being cut clear from the sides of the side pieces A; these wings are of a width substantially equal to the width of the center or base and are divided into substantially equal portions by the score line e which is practically continuous with the middle score line Z of the end piece. The wings are connected to the end pieces only at the end of their inner half portion, the score line 3 `bein formed at the juncture, the outer half o the wing being cut free from the end piece. Preferably the wings D are of a length greater than half the length of the center or base so that when folded as shown to form side reinforces, the two wings on the same side of the center or base overlap each other.

When folded as shown in Fig. 1, the end pieces O are first folded upwardly, then the wings D are folded to lie along the sides of the package of currency or other package or articles to be inclosed, and thereupon the side pieces A are folded upwardly and the upstanding ends are folded one over the other on top of the package. Before such last folding, however, the outer portion or tip of the end pieces C, that lying beyond the score ci', is folded inwardly to protect the top outer edge of the package. When the wrapper has been folded as described the overlapping ends of the side pieces are secured by means of rounded ears 5 formed on the ends of the outermost section of one side piece which are entered into slits 6 cut adjacent the ends of the section between the score lines 2 and b of the other side piece. To form the package of smaller size shown in Fig. 2, the end pieces C are folded upwardly, then the wings D are folded to lie along the sides of the contained article or package, and the outer half of the wing is folded inwardly over' the top of the con tained article or package. The upstanding end pieces C are folded along score line Z inwardly over the top of the contained article or package, and lastly the side pieces A are folded upwardly, then along score lines a overA the top of the contained article or package and the last section of the side piece is folded on score b down over the farther side of the package, the end of the overlapping side piece being secured by passing the ears 5 into slitsy 6 cut in the innermost section of the opposite side piece.

Il thus provide a wrapper that can be folded along different lines to form receptacles for diiierent sizes of currency packages, and when folded to either size of package the overlapping wings and unfolded ends of the end pieces form safety incl'osures and reinforces providing a particularly strong and safe inclosure for the valuable contents for which the wrapper is especially designed. l

As before intimated, the wrapper blank may he reinforced or not, according to the conditions ofk use to which the completeor folded wrapper is to be subjected, and, the boX may in practice be incl'osed in an outside wrapper of heavy paper, or other suitable material, as described in my Patent No. 1,162,501 and this may be attachedto the boxvby glue-or a metal device, or other preferred means.y Such applicationv onoutside covering' forms, however, no part of my invention.

I claim y 1. The. improved wrapper comprising a rectangular center or base, side pieces -projecting from said base and scored to fold at their juncture therewith also on three lines parallel to saidjuncture score, end pieces projecting from saidy base and scored to fold at their juncture therewith also on two.- lines parallel to their juncture score, said end pieces having lateral wings scored to fold' at their juncture with said end pieces and also on a line continuous with' the middlescore line 0f the end piece, said line` dividingl the wing into lateral halves and-said'wings being joined to the end' pieces for'only their inner half, and said lateral half of the wing being substantially equal to the distance between any two adjacent scorer lines in saidv side and end pieces, the

construction providing a container foldable to different capacities of which one is substantially twicey the cubical capacityof the other. l

2. The improved currency wrapper comprising a rectangular center or base of an area substantially equal to that of a Government or national bank note, side pieces projecting from the longer sides of said base and scored to fold at their juncture Vtherewith also on three llines parallel to said juncture score, end vpieces projecting from the shorter sides or'ends of said base and scored to fold at their juncture therewith also on two lines parallel to their juncture score, said end ,piecesv having lateral wings scored to fold at their junoture with s aid end pieces and also on a line lateral halves and said wings being joi-ned to the end pieces for only their inner half,

continuous with the ymiddle score line of the end piece, said line dividing the wing intoy and said lateral vhalf of thewing being substantially equal tothe distance between any ernment or national bank note, side pieces projecting from'the longerv sidesof said base and scored to fold at theirwjuncture therewith also on three lines parallel to said juncture score,v end pieces projectingl from the shorter sides or ends' of,y said ybase and scored to foldy at their juncture therewith also on two lines paralleltotheir juncture score, saidend pieces having lateral wings scored to fold at their vjuncture` with said end pieces to form reinforces' for the sides of the wrapper, and the distance separating .any two' adjacent score lines in said side and end pieces being substantially equal to one half the width of the centerlor base', the construction providing a container fold'- able to different capacities of which one is substantially twice' the cubical `capacity "of the other.

THOMAS PUGrH` MARTIN, kJn.v

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